Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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